- Sep 20, 2014
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I'm trying to make my gaming build last as long as possible. I'll be overclocking all of the overclockable components eventually, especially the graphics card, as the 970 scales well with higher clocks. I won't be building it for quite a while yet, mainly because I don't have the money, but also because DDR4 isn't that great yet. Also, I was wondering if the 5820k @ 4.0ghz is better than the 4790k for gaming. I'm hoping it would be more future proof as games will likely move on to six cores at some point. I don't plan on upgrading for 3+ years, and I'm hoping for 60fps+ on high settings or medium in that time.
So if I was to OC the 970 to, say 1.3/1.4ghz, the RAM to 2800 (the 2800 stock ram is very expensive and this was the cheapest I could find, even if it is 4x4 rather than 2x8, the mobo supports 8 RAM slots and up to 64gb, so that's not a problem).
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($384.94 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper D92 54.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($43.77 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($287.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($294.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Se 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250gb Internal Solid State Drive ($114.99 @ amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($94.99 @ B&H)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($96.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Aerocool Shark 140mm Red 96.5 CFM 140mm Fan ($12.75 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Akasa AK-FN063 110.6 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.99 @ Amazon)
Fan Controller: Aerocool F6XT Fan Controller ($19.99 @ Mwave)
Other: SM-352BEA ($25.92)
Total: $1977.18
Bearing in mind these aren't the exact prices, just an estimate from pcpartpicker. I will be SLIing by the time my GPU is outdated, unless a really amazing single GPU card comes out.
TL;DR, how long will this last? I want to get 60fps+ on high settings in games. I will be OCing.
So if I was to OC the 970 to, say 1.3/1.4ghz, the RAM to 2800 (the 2800 stock ram is very expensive and this was the cheapest I could find, even if it is 4x4 rather than 2x8, the mobo supports 8 RAM slots and up to 64gb, so that's not a problem).
CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor ($384.94 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper D92 54.8 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler ($43.77 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard ($287.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($294.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Se 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250gb Internal Solid State Drive ($114.99 @ amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($355.91 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($94.99 @ B&H)
Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($96.99 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Aerocool Shark 140mm Red 96.5 CFM 140mm Fan ($12.75 @ NCIX US)
Case Fan: Akasa AK-FN063 110.6 CFM 140mm Fan ($18.99 @ Amazon)
Fan Controller: Aerocool F6XT Fan Controller ($19.99 @ Mwave)
Other: SM-352BEA ($25.92)
Total: $1977.18
Bearing in mind these aren't the exact prices, just an estimate from pcpartpicker. I will be SLIing by the time my GPU is outdated, unless a really amazing single GPU card comes out.
TL;DR, how long will this last? I want to get 60fps+ on high settings in games. I will be OCing.
That build will last for years.
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